Wellknowlogy: 10/27/22

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This week featured another swathe of interesting companies raising money, some news concerning big players such as Cerebral and Apple, and a great kernel at the bottom articulating the art of non-thinking. In a thought-dominant world (not a fact, just my opinion), I found it a nice refresher to remind my thoughts of their limits.

One thing that I found particularly interesting this week is freshly funded startup Agapé's approach to nurturing closer couples through simple prompts to generate curiosity, gratitude, and intimacy. With 46% of marriages ending in divorce and 36% of adults feeling frequent loneliness, it's refreshing to see a simple tech solution that aims to get back to the basics of 1-on-1 connection.

Also, I plan on expanding on the biopolitics recommendation I made last week and the context around that recommendation in a longer-form piece of writing, so keep an eye out for that. If you have zero interest in receiving that or anything besides this newsletter, let me know and I'll adjust accordingly.

With that out of the way, here's what happened last week:

Neat Articles

• How brands can thrive in the next era of wellness

• AI could help predict suicides – but rushing the technology could lead to big mistakes

• "Voice biomarker" tech analyzes your voice for signs of depression

• The DEA's 2023 psychedelic research quotas (and more)

• Antidepressants: The complexities of a personal choice

• With promise of legalization, psychedelic companies joust over future profits

• Lack of physical activity will cost $300B by 2030

Market News

• Wellx associates with Fitbit to integrate activity data into its health insurance offerings

• Apple Fitness+ is coming to iPhone iOS 16.1 on Oct. 24

• Radius announces wellness partnership with Stride

• Pinterest and Headspace offer free mental health resources to creators

• Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for ‘operational efficiencies’

• Apple partners with Tivity Health, UnitedHealthcare

Fundings

• ReflexAI announces Google.org Fellowship and $1M in funding to support the mental health of veterans

• GenoPalate raises $5.6M for personalized nutrition

• Nucleus launches crowdfunding campaign for more accessible access to psychedelic-assisted therapy

• Cuéntame raises $1.3M pre-seed funding

• Evolva receives grant from US CDC in the amount of $540K

• Limber Health closes $11M series A funding round

• Agapé raises $1M for relationships wellness

• AI safety technology TuMeke closes $2.5M seed funding round

• Get A Drip scores €4.5 million to rollout IV nutrition therapy

• Hormonal health startup Hormona raises £1.2M

• CoachMePlus raises $1M to help coaches help athletes

• Hunter & Gather raises £500K crowdfunding round for paleo foods

• Alto Neuroscience announces $35M Series B

• Daye raises £10M for womens' sexual & reproductive health products

Tidbits for You and Yours

• Yoga for anger management: 5 poses to break free

• Exercise can help you sleep better at night

• The 3 Benefits risks of telemedicine you should know

Closing Kernel of Wisdom

• Check out this piece on Zen and the Art of Non-thinking for a nice way to put your thoughts in perspective and live more fluidly.

“A single thought changes the path of the arrow.”

-Zen Proverb

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Wishing you a great week to come.

Warmly,

Dayton